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season to allow the aerial buds, from which the laterals 

 spring, time to develop fully before the plants come into 

 flower. In one and two year old gardens the poles should 

 not, theoretically, exceed 16 to 20 feet in height, full-sized 

 poles (25 to 35 feet) not being used until the succeeding 

 year. 



Pig. 43. — Hop bar. 



Fig. 44.— Hop ladder. 



With regard to the thickness of the poles it should be 

 remarked that hops climb more quickly up thin poles than 

 thick ones, and that the former are consequently preferable. 

 This consideration, however, is overcome in practice by the 

 circumstance that thin poles are almost impossible to procure 

 of the desired length. 



Given favourable warm, damp weather the young plants- 

 grow fairly quickly, and are ready i for tying by the time they 



